It's barely been two weeks since Idaho regulators said they would allow the sale of health insurance that does not meet all of the Affordable Care Act's requirements -- a controversial step some experts said would likely draw legal scrutiny and, potentially, federal fines for any insurer that jumped in.

It was a well-intentioned effort to provide men with some of the same financial protection from birth control costs that women get. But a new Maryland law may jeopardize the ability of thousands of consumers -- both men and women -- to use health savings accounts.

The law, which took effect Jan. 1, mandates that insurers cover vasectomies ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS -- A whistleblower case alleging that Minnetonka-based UnitedHealth Group defrauded the federal Medicare program can move forward, a federal judge ruled Monday, although the decision narrowed the set of claims that the government might pursue.

The ruling came in a case brought by a former UnitedHealth Group employee in Minnesota ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Even as prospects for a new Republican push to roll back the Affordable Care Act remain dim, the White House is doubling down on the repeal effort, calling for massive cuts to health care assistance in its 2019 budget.

The budget blueprint -- which lays out a host of Trump administration health care proposals --outlines nearly $1....Read more

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Til Death Do Us Part is a story of a bachelor physician. Aaron Kelley,
the main character, sees a woman, Maria Beldenado, at an upscale bar he
frequents and finally meets her. They fall in love but unfortunately,
she is married.

California Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon may have expected to torpedo the idea of a statewide single-payer health care system for the long term last June, when he blocked a Senate bill on the issue from even receiving a hearing in his house.

He was wrong, of course. His shelving of the Senate bill created a political uproar (including the ...Read more

Dear Mayo Clinic: Six years ago, at age 67, I had my right hip replaced. I'd been feeling fine until about eight weeks ago, when it started to hurt toward the front of my hip when I lift my right leg. The pain is quite significant -- to the point where it hurts every time I get in my car or attempt to put on socks. What could be causing this to ...Read more

Updated immunization schedules were released on recently, by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

"The biggest change this year is the recognition that all babies should get the first dose of the hepatitis B vaccine within 24 hours of life," says Dr. Robert Jacobson, a Mayo Clinic pediatrician. "There's no logic or science to ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Almost 12 million Americans signed up for 2018 health coverage through marketplaces created by the Affordable Care Act, according to a new tally that indicates nationwide enrollment remained virtually unchanged from last year despite President Donald Trump's persistent attacks on the 2010 health law.

MINNEAPOLIS -- The effort rolled out last week by three of the nation's most influential companies to revamp health care is the latest in a series of such pushes by corporate America, including a widely heralded effort in the Twin Cities that ultimately failed.

For a period during the late 1990s, big employers in Minnesota launched an ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- In Washington state, a woman in Spokane named Cynthia Harvey bought health insurance from Coordinated Care, in part because the brochure promised a robust roster of physicians and coverage for an array of services, including, if needed, emergency room services.

According to a federal lawsuit, however, Coordinated Care failed to ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump has a way of bringing Britons together.

He united them in outrage when he retweeted anti-Muslim videos posted by a far-right British party. He galvanized popular support for London's mayor when he accused the mayor of not taking terror threats seriously -- even as London was recovering from a deadly terror ...Read more

WASHINGTON ––The tightest labor market in years isn't pulling in all Americans.

Despite a robust job market that added 200,000 positions in January and many companies struggling to find skilled labor, the unemployment rate is 10 percent in impoverished neighborhoods, compared with the national rate of 4.1 percent, according to a Gallup ...Read more

Several years ago, Hillsborough resident Pat Criscito and her sister made a life-changing discovery at an alternative health conference. Criscito's sister had long suffered with a painful chronic bladder disorder, and she found relief in a sample of aloe vera caplets she picked up at the event.